Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 23:32:49 -0500
From: Interfaith Working Group
Subject: IWG Philadelphia Inquirer Holocaust letter
December 2, 1999
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PO Box 8263
Philadelphia, PA 19101
Dear Editors:
Bradley R. Smith’s December 2 letter was a completely
nonsensical attempt to associate a set of fuzzy,
doubt-inducing adjectives with the Holocaust. The
Holocaust is not a “story,” it is not “historical
controversy,” and it was not a “war.” The Holocaust
was the systematic stereotyping, labeling,
imprisonment, torturing, enslaving and killing of
millions of people with the tacit agreement and even
active assistance of most of the rest of their fellow
citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity, mental
and physical health, sexual orientation, and
political affiliation. Never again.
Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators
The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 17 congregations and
religious organizations and 63 clergy from 16 religious traditions. For
more letters visit http://www.iwgonline.org/letters/
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